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Over 200,000 Afghans Die Due to Diseases, Terror and Traffic Incidents Annually: MoPH
The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) recent report indicates that more than 200,000 Afghans are losing their lives due to various diseases, terrorist attacks and traffic incidents in the country.
According to MoPH, chronic and infectious diseases claim lives of 130,000 Afghans, followed by terror and traffic incidents that cause death to 70,000 Afghans each year.
Heart illness, high blood pressure, tuberculosis, diabetes and pregnancy diseases have been recorded as the most threatening diseases in the country that people mostly lack better healthcare services and suffer from environmental and security issues.
Attaullah Sayedzai, the general head of health information at MoPH said that people die mostly in rural areas, where it face conflict and many healthcare issues compared to the cities where the hospitals have well educated personnel and access to healthcare services.
In addition, the economic problems also causing people to turn into home treatment and put their lives in danger.
“People have low income, and the facilities are less for the patients,” said Abdul Qadir Ghafoori, a doctor.
Among chronic diseases, tuberculosis is considered to be one of the deadliest in the country, as according to World Health Organization, the burden of tuberculosis is increasing in Afghanistan, with an estimated 61, 000 people infected annually.
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More needs to be done to boost local industry, says Kabir
The deputy prime minister for policy, Mawlavi Abdul Kabir, met with Nooruddin Azizi, Acting Minister of Commerce and Industry, at Sapidar Palace on Tuesday and discussed issues around the quality of domestic products and the need to grow and develop the industrial sector.
Azizi said that good trade relations with neighboring countries has resulted in stable prices of goods in the country.
He said the Ministry of Commerce and Industry works closely with the private sector. As a result, the private sector functions in a befitting manner and the Islamic Emirate has provided necessary facilities.
Azizi said that based on the Islamic Emirate’s good economic policies, there has been a significant development in the import/export sector in the country.
Kabir in turn voiced appreciation for efforts by the leadership of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry and said: “The unprecedented efforts of the IEA’s administrations and the stability of the Afghan currency caused the price of food ingredients to remain in the right state and our people also be able to buy essential materials.”
He emphasized the need to work for a balance in trade with neighboring countries, and said more efforts were needed to improve the quality of domestic products and to grow the sector.
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Russia and Tajikistan hold joint military drills along Afghanistan border
Russia and Tajikistan conducted a joint four-day military exercise along the border with Afghanistan in order to be prepared for any “potential threats”, Tajik media reported this week.
Russian military personnel from the 201st military base in Tajikistan participated in this exercise. Reports stated military personnel practiced various combat tactics, especially tactics to counter terrorist groups that illegally enter Tajikistan.
This comes amid repeated concerns expressed by Afghanistan’s neighbors about what they claim are terrorist threats originating from Afghanistan.
The Islamic Emirate has not yet commented on the drills but has repeatedly denied the presence of terrorist groups in the country. The IEA has also continuously said no militant group will be allowed to threaten another country from Afghanistan.
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The Media Violations Commission has ordered Noor and Barya TV channels to stop broadcasting and to appear in court, state-run Bakhtar News Agency reported on Tuesday.
ّIt is said that the decision against the channels was taken for “not observing the principles of journalism.”
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